Juvenile Delinquency – Court Error

By: Derek Hawkins//May 31, 2016//

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WI Court of Appeals – District II

Case Name: State of Wiscosnin v. L.C.

Case No.: 2016AP81

Officials: REILLY, P.J.

Focus: Juvenile Delinquency – Court Error

L.C. appeals from a dispositional order adjudicating her delinquent for receiving stolen property in violation of WIS. STAT. § 943.34(1)(a). L.C. argues that the circuit court erred in not dismissing her delinquency petition as a sanction for the State’s discovery violations. As all of the witnesses called by the State at trial as well as the substance of their testimony was identified in the delinquency petition, we conclude that the State’s failure to provide a formal witness list was not prejudicial and we affirm.

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